Means for collecting fares.



J. L. BONE 6: C. H. WOODS. MEANS FOR COLLECTING FARES. APPLICATION FILEDJUNE2B,1910.

Attorneys.

Patented Dec.27, 1910.

Witnesses we t tl hlTTEl %TAT% PAT JOHN L. BONE AND CHAR-LES H. VJ'OODS,OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS.

lVIEANS FGR CGLLECTING FAB-ES.

Specification of Letters Yatent.

Patented Dec. 27, 1910.

Application filed June 28, 1910. Serial 1E0. 569,356.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we JOHN L. Bonn and CHARLES H. Noons, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Decatur, in the county of Macon, State ofIllinois, have invented a new and useful Means for Collecting Fares ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to means for collecting fares and isdesigned to provide a means whereby an ordinary passenger car of thestreet car type may be readily con verted into a pay-as-you-enter carwithout the necessity of modifying the structure of the car in anyparticular.

Pay-as-you-enter cars as ordinarily constructed require a largerplatform than is customary on cars of other types and coin sequentiywhen an ordinary car is converted into a pay-as-you-enter car it isnecessary to practically rebuild the car and particularly to enlarge theplatforms. By the present invention this enlargement of the platforms isavoided while all the conveniences of the pay-as-you-enter car areretained, the passenger boarding the car at the rear platform andalighting from the car at the front platform. Furthermore the passengerdeposits the exact fare in a suitable box thus eliminating the necessityof the conductor handling the money.

In accordance with the present invention there is provided a moneyreceptacle at the side of the door where the passenger enters the bodyof the car and this box is so arranged that the conductor may standtherebehind out of the way of the pas; ngers but still in position toaid the passengers as needed. vi hen the car is running in the otherdirection the fare box may be moved to one side out of the way of themotor man, or in one form of the invention the box may be carried fromone end of the car to the other while being so arranged that thepassenger must move by the box on entering the body of the car.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of thefollowing detailed description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings forming a part of this specification, in which drawings,

Figure 1. is a plan view of a. our platform equipped with the presentinvention wit-h some of the higher parts removed and their supportsshown in section. 2 is a detail section showing one manner of supportingthe fare box. Fig. 3 an elevation showing the fare box supported in adifferent manner than shown in Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings there is shown a car 1 which may be taken asindicative of an ordinary motor car of any suitable type provided at theends with platforms in the usual manner, one platform 2 being shown inthe drawings and on this platform there is shown a controller box 3, theshowing being simply indicative.

Entrance is had to the platform 2 by way of a step i which may be takenas indicative of any form of entrance to the platform customary in motorcars. There is also shown a guard gate There is also shown a door 6 forclosin passage way 7 leading from the platform 2 to the interior of thecar.

At one side of the passage way 7, the side remote from that adjacent tothe step l, there is provided a fare box 8 of suitable height and lengthbut of comparatively small thickness. In the structure shown in Fig. 2the fare box 8 is mounted upon a plate 9 constituting a base for thefare box and this plate is formed at one end with a lug or projection 10from which extends a stem 11. The lug or projection 10 rests upon abearing block 12 set into the floor of the platform 2 adjacent to thebody of the car and the stem 11. projects through the block 12 andbeneath the platform is surrounded by a spring 1.3 tending to hold thelug 10 against the bearing plate 12. The outer end of the base 9 istraversed by a pin 14- surrounded below the plate 9 by a spring 15tending to move the pin l t toward the platform 2 and by providedsockets for the pin 14: the box 8 may be locked in either of twopositions, the upper end of the pin 14E being provided with an eye 16 bymeans of which the pin may be readily manipulated. \Vhen the box 8 is inone position it extends perpendicular to the end of the car body inclose relation to the opening 7 and when the box 8 is moved to the otherposition it is close to and parallel with the outer wall of thecorresponding portion of the body 1 leaving the platform 2 practicallyclear so that the motor man is not interfered with and passengers mayreadily exit through the opening 7 and reach the step 4 in order toalight from the car.

When the box 8 is in the operative position, that is perpendicular tothe body of the car, there is ample room for the conductor to standbehind the box but the box at no time projects sufficiently onto theplatform 2 to interfere with the movement of the conductor from behindthe box when it is necessary to assist a passenger. At the same time thebox is in convenient position to receive the fares which it is designedshould be deposited in the box by the passenger and not by the conductorso that the conductor does not handle the money belonging to thecompany.

By providing suitable signs at the box and exterior to the car thepassengers are instructed to enter the car at a certain end, to havetheir exact fares ready and to deposit the exact fare in the box 8 whichlatter of course is provided at the top with an opening 17 for thereception of the fares.

In the structure shown in Fig. 2 the box is practically a fixture, orthe box may be removed from its support 9 and the latter is a fixture onthe platform although capable of being moved out of the way against thebody of the car.

In the structure shown in Fig. 3 the fare box 8 is provided with abottom member or support 9 carrying the pin 14 as in the structure shownin Fig. 2, but instead of the plate 9 being made a fixture on theplatform 2 it has no connection thereto except by the pin 1%. The box 8is supported by hinge members 17 fast to the corresponding end of thebox and these members are adapted to hinge pintles 18 fast to the bodyof the car so that the box may be readily moved about the hinges 17-18against the body of the car or to extended position as desired while atthe same time the box may be read ily carried from one end of the car tothe other if it be desirable thereby obviating the necessity of havingtwo fare boxes.

By locating the fare box on the side of the passageway 7 remote from thepoint of entrance of passengers to the platform 2 guard rails or otherobstructive devices on the platform are obviated and the necessity ofenlarging the platform, for the accommodation of such guard rails andlike devices is avoided.

In the structure shown in Fig. 2 a roller 19 may be provided for theouter end of the support 9 while the spring 13 will yield to anyunevenness of the platform 2 and the latch pin 14 will readily snap intothe appropriate depression in the platform 2 formed to receive it. Thesprings 15 and 18, or the spring 13 alone will take up all loosen-ess offit and prevent rattling during the progress of the car.

hen the platform 2 is the one used for the entrance of the passengersand the gate 5 is opened the fare box 8 is swung outward to the positionshown in Fig. 1, the passengers entering, advancing toward the fare boxand depositing their fare therein before entering the body of the carthrough the passageway 7. When the platform 2 is at the front of the carthen the fare box 8 is either removed to the other end of the'car or isswung out of the way against the front of the car body and the motor manthen controls the exit of the passengers by means of the gate 5.

hat is claimed is 1. In a car structure, a fare box, and a pivot supporttherefor on the platform of the car, on which the fare box is movable todifferent positions about an axis substantially perpendicular to theplatform.

2. In a car structure, a fare box and a support therefor at one side ofthe entrance to the body of the car, said fare box being movable intoposition substantially perpendicular to the end of the car body and alsoto a position substantially parallel with the end of the car body.

3. In a car structure, a fare box located on the side of the entrance tothe body of the car remote from the passenger entrance to the platformof the car, said fare box being mounted for movement to a positionperpendicular to the end of the car body or to a position substantiallyparallel therewith.

4:. A means for converting a small-platform car into a pay-as-you-entercar, com prising a fare box rising to a suitable height above theplatform, and connections between the fare box and car about which thefare box is movable into and out of position relative to the side of theentrance to the car body remote from the passenger entrance to theplatform.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have heretoaflixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN L. BONE. CHARLES H. IVOODS. IVitnesses:

LILLIAN AsI-IMORE, A. H. MILLS.

